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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Harrison Grey Fiske was an American journalist, playwright and Broadway producer who fought against the "Theatrical Syndicate" that formed around the turn of the twentieth century. Harrison Fiske was born at Harrison, New York, the son of Lyman Fiske, a hotel proprietor, and the former Jane Maria Durfee of Southbridge, Massachusetts. Fiske's family later moved to New York City where he attended Mrs. Vanderhoff's School and became exposed to Shakespeare through…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Harrison Grey Fiske was an American journalist, playwright and Broadway producer who fought against the "Theatrical Syndicate" that formed around the turn of the twentieth century. Harrison Fiske was born at Harrison, New York, the son of Lyman Fiske, a hotel proprietor, and the former Jane Maria Durfee of Southbridge, Massachusetts. Fiske's family later moved to New York City where he attended Mrs. Vanderhoff's School and became exposed to Shakespeare through dramatic readings given by the headmistress' husband. Fiske next enrolled at Dr. Chapin's Collegiate School for Boys, a college preparatory school on Madison Avenue and later after touring Europe attended New York University for two years. There he was asked to sign a pledge to forsake dens of iniquity like theaters, taverns, dance halls, billiard rooms and such. Fiske subsequently admitted that heand his friends kept their fingers crossed when it came to attending theaters